IGN's PSP Launch Guide: Upcoming Titles

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Beyond the launch. What games should you be looking forward to?

By IGN Staff

When the year 2000 finally came, there wasn't much we had in our modern world to remind us that "the future" had arrived. There were no flying cars like the ones in Back to the Future II, no slick transporter devices like the ones in Star Trek and no build-it-at-home sex godesses like in Weird Science. Our sci-fi dreams of technology beyond our wildest imaginations failed to come true.

Until now...

Enter the Playstation Portable. This is tomorrow, playable today. From the widescreen, hi-def picture to the USB ports to the Wi-Fi connectivity, this is a system that delivers the future. And the only thing possibly more out-of-this world than the PSP are the games slotted to come out later this year. Who needs a time machine when you have games like these just around the corner?

A new beginning of epic adventure gaming on PlayStation Portable, Advent Shadow will chronicle the adventures of Marin Steel, the female co-star character from the planned three-part console series entitled the Advent Trilogy. The game will have action, stealth, and vehicle driving elements that mirror the console games, while exploring Marin's character with her own exclusive adventure. Famed sci-fi author Orson Scott Card crafted the overarching story for this series, and if the visual splendor and complex story carry over from the Xbox game, prepare yourself to be brought to a new world.

Yes, PSP has first person shooters too. One the hottest PSP shooters we've seen so far is Coded Arms, courtesy of your friends at Konami. The brand-new team is experimenting with a unique graphic style as it takes you inside a computer-generated world. The game will have a random level generator in where you can play on forever after you've beaten the main game. This means that items will be spawn in random places as well as some the insect-like enemies. Maps are also manipulated by the randomizing feature which will inevitably affect how you reach bosses. And if that isn't enough to have your headed spinning, randomizing will be usable in the four-player WiFi modes.